Skip to content
Daniel Henney profile photo

Acting

Daniel Henney

Born
Nov 28, 1979 · Age 46
Place of birth
Carson City, Michigan, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
16
TV credits
18
Also known as (1)
  • Daniel Phillip Henney

Biography

Daniel Henney was born in Carson City, Michigan, to a Korean adoptee mother and Philip Henney, his American father of Irish descent. Daniel Henney started modeling in the U.S. in 2001 and worked in France, Italy, Hong Kong and Taiwan while attending college. After his debut in South Korea with an advertisement for the Amore Pacific's cosmetic "Odyssey Sunrise", he became a spokesperson for commercials with Jun Ji-hyun for Olympus cameras and Kim Tae-hee for Daewoo Electronics's Klasse air conditioners. Despite speaking no Korean, Henney became a household name through the South Korean hit TV…